Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday insisted the Ukrainian counteroffensive will continue despite the upcoming change in weather, which US officials have said will impede Ukraine’s ability to continue the assault.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley said last week that Ukraine only has between 30 and 45 days of “fighting weather” left as fall is approaching, meaning colder and wetter conditions that will make it harder for armored vehicle assaults.
“We need to liberate our territory as much as possible and move forward, even if it’s less than [half a mile or] a hundred [yards] we must do it. we can’t lose time,” Zelensky said when asked about the weather on “60 Minutes.”
“Forget about the weather, and the like. In places that we can’t get through in an armored vehicle — let’s fly. If we can’t fly — let’s send drones. We mustn’t give Putin a break,” he added.
Zelensky also insisted the counteroffensive was making good progress despite gaining no significant territory and bleak assessments from his Western backers. “The situation is tough. We stopped the Russians in the east and started a counteroffensive. Yes, it is not that fast but we are going forward every day and de-occupying our land,” he said.
The Ukrainian leader blamed the US and other Western backers for the counteroffensive not starting before June, claiming weapons shipments were delayed.
Zelensky also reiterated his position that Ukraine is not willing to compromise with Russia for peace. When asked if he would give up any Ukrainian territory to end the war, he said, “No. This is our territory.”
Also on Sunday, Milley spoke with CNN and said Ukraine’s goal to kick Russia out of all the territory it has captured means the war will go on for a very long time. “I can tell you that it’ll take a considerable length of time to militarily eject all 200,000 or plus Russian troops out of Russian-occupied Ukraine. That’s a very high bar. It’s going to take a long time to do it,” he said.
The Counteroffensive: acts of terrorism against civilians. Sounds about right.
On a related subject, speaking of acts of terrorism; after screaming about Russia’s “terror strike” against the Ukrainian market, it now turns out it was a Ukrainian strike that hot their own city, killing their own people – so, another Ukrainian lie (errr….”tragic error”). Like the “Russian missile” that “struck” Poland – except, of course, it was another Ukrainian “mistake”; or the “drones striking Romania”; another falsehood
One of these days, we’ll actually get some evidence as to who actually massacred civilians in Bucha (I suspect it was Ukrainian paramilitaries dealing with “traitors”); who blew up the Nordstream pipeline (almost certainly the US, possibly using foreign proxies); and who destroyed the Dnieper dam (again, I strongly suspect Ukraine).
Every single thing that is issued from Kiev and eagerly reported in the western parrot media seems to be lies and propaganda.
Exactly, That is undesirable population anyway.
This man thinks he can fight in knee high mud, well I mean he thinks he can send his troops to fight in mud.
No, Putin does. He sent half a million troops to Ukraine to take their land.
What the F is Ukraine supposed to do? Let Putin take it all?
What the F is Ukraine supposed to do?
This 🏳️.
Are you saying that fighting in knee high mud is possible because Putin does? Or do you even know what the fuck you are saying but you have to bring up Putin somehow? Do you even read the comments you are replying to, or do you just get out one of your standard replies? And do you do all this stupid shit because you know you stuck your dick in your mouth by saying you admired and respected Putin?
Now, it’s not even clear that Donald reads any of the news stories on this site, let alone any comments.
It seems impossible anyone could follow the information & updates on antiwar.com yet come up with his point of view.
Great assessment by someone who only has 8 comments.
Have we met before?
Perhaps you’ve had different accounts.
Yeah, one of those.
I’ve heard all the insults here.
Try something new.
Oh, longtime antiwar.com reader and recent Discus (sic) competitor. Thomas Knapp moderates a much better forum than the toxic echo-chamber that is Reddit so I felt that here was a better place to find serious, thoughtful commenters and discourse.
Mostly.
Not had an account here before. As one of the few still seeing your posts (you’re got enough Blocks for a decent NBA career) I am curious as to your mindset.
Do you actually read the content posted on antiwar’s daily summary ? Or do you dive into anything Russia-Ukraine related to stir up the pot ?
And second – assuming you do make a considerate study of antiwar’s informative collection, how then do you arrive at an opinion so radically at odds with facts, truth, and by proxy, observable reality ?
Wow, again, as the new guy here, you seem to have gathered a lot on me.
You almost sound like you wrote this article.
But but i dont mean it that way ;).
Lol.
Goodness no, Donald, political essays are not my strength. Am working on a sci-fi novel but that’s neither here nor there.
To my question, though – how have you come to an opinion and a stance (specifically on Russia-Ukraine; generally, on the supremacy and benevolency of US global hegemony) both so wildly at odds with the evidence published on this very site AND somehow uncorrected when refuted with demonstrably sourced evidence by thoughtful, reasoned commenters on this same forum ?
Evidence??? Please.
“demonstrably sourced evidence by thoughtful, reasoned commenters on this same forum ?”
Give me a break.
Just stick to your writings.
An exceedingly queer response – are you unaware that, perhaps save yourself and perpetual Donald Julio echo {adjective here} Thinker, every other person commenting in these sections has a) read the article above, b) read many other current articles on antiwar.com, and c) been reading antiwar.com content for months or years ?
Your opinions have already been thoroughly refuted and debunked. Why harp them at people who know this ?
If you’re going to bring assertions and wishful-thinking into a discussion where the facts and evidence are literally linked on this site’s home page, why not do so on TruthSocial, msn.com, yahoo.com, or some generic MSM news site still allowing Comments on articles, where your viewpoint would be hailed as wise additions to the extant groupthink ?
I’ve never noticed him (and I think it’s Don as in “Spanish nobleman or gentleman,” not Donald) claiming any particular “benevolency” on the part of the US.
As for “supremacy,” the results kind of speak for themselves. Russia, with supposedly one of the most professional militaries in the world, has spent the last 18 months unsuccessfully trying to defeat a country with one quarter its population, and has been blaming US/NATO weapons, etc., not the magical appearance of some notional Ukrainian Military Prowess Fairy, for its inability to do so.
I tend to use full names, Thomas; just sort of the way I am.
I do hope Donald might answer my questions directly. At birth my first name was Jude (I still use it as my first initial), indeed named after the saint. And if you know what Jude was the patron saint of, you’ll understand my interest in dialogue with and understanding of Donald.
I’ve never noticed him (and I think it’s Don as in “Spanish nobleman or gentleman,” not Donald) claiming any particular “benevolency” on the part of the US.
Maybe not but anyone questioning the US motives, he labels as “anti-US.
Russia hasn’t used much of its muscle in this exercise so far. For instance, we’ve seen very little of the shiny stuff (Khinzals, T90Ms, Su57s, s400, T14s etc) and nothing of the 300K reservists raised last fall. And, let’s face it, there is little the West could/would do if Putin decided to use tactical nukes.
Why not use this force? It’s not like Putin is averse to smashing things up when it suits him. We saw that in Chechnya.
IMO, it is because the Russians are keeping it as a big stick (which NATO is fully aware of) behind their back while they slowly grind down the Ukronasziis at a pace and cost (in lives) acceptable to themselves in a location of their choosing (i.e. east Ukraine – close to supply lines).
Let’s face it: if the game is the demise of NATO and US influence in Europe, then a slow war of attrition – complemented by economic/social unrest in the Eurozone brought about by such – suits Russia/China very well.
Not using much muscle is not evidence of possessing a bunch of available/effective unused muscle.
We haven’t seen a whole lot of S-400 action because the Ukrainians quickly realized they couldn’t put their manned fixed-wing aircraft up if they wanted to keep those aircraft and pilots. We haven’t seen a lot of the Su57s for the same reason.
We haven’t seen a lot of T90s and T14s because the early days of the war quickly demonstrated that better man-portable anti-tank weapons made past armor doctrine obsolete. We’re seeing a lot of older tanks because the Russians are only using tanks they’re willing to watch get turned into flaming hulks.
Whether we’ve seen limited use of the Khinzal because the Russians are hoarding them for more important use, or because they’re embarrassing pieces of crap that get shot down when fired remains an open question.
“Not using much muscle is not evidence of possessing a bunch of available/effective unused muscle.”
I agree. However, gambling on that position is problematic: Russian production abilities are always underestimated by the West. Notwithstanding that, we know that the Russians have the extra troops but haven’t committed them.
IMO, with this long attritional war (fought at a pace/cost of the Russian’s choosing, and with the Eurozone struggling economically), the Russians and Chinese have made a tar baby for the US/NATO/EU in Ukraine. And there’s no briar patch in sight…
“… demonstrably sourced evidence by thoughtful, reasoned commenters on this same forum?”
Now I know why you write sci-fi and not non-fiction. Your grasp of reality seems to be marginal at best. There are plenty of Putin fluffers here and — I suspect — many are paid Russian trolls. They write that Putin is the benevolent one and only he can protect the world from the evil empire. (Star Wars, yes? Putin as the plucky Jedi master?)
Ahh, of course. Where Donald Julio goes, {adjective here} Thinker scurries close behind…or slides along on Donald’s coat-tails. Six of one, half-dozen…
I have struggled in reading comment sections to tell you from {other adjective} Thinker.
The trick seems to be, if {other adjective} Thinker makes a Comment that either crows on about the same baffling counterpoints as DJ; or, lacks insight, sincere consideration, or reasonable inference….then it’s a Comment coming from you, {adjective here} Thinker.
So deep and insightful with just a touch of English Comp I. You add nothing to the discussion. I look forward to finding your book in the discount aisle.
Oh, {adjective here} Thinker, don’t mistake vocabulary for hostility. I have much more of one than the other.
And would that I could make it to bookshelves in a brick & mortar ! As it happens, I hope to secure forty or fifty copies when / if / when she’s ever complete and published, and drop them in those neighbourhood “lending library” constructs I see quite frequently on suburban front yards. A meek and mild dream, but one that keeps me smiling when the world seems so dark.
As you’re not far removed from Donald Julio’s mindset (and perhaps I should call you Jose Cuervo instead of {adjective here} Thinker; consider the username change maybe ?) perhaps I could double my research in half the time ?
Tell me – why do you espouse views in this forum that you have to know nearly everyone else on here knows do not align with reality ? I don’t mean this in an underhanded or “gotcha” fashion, this is not a garden path to a slam. I am genuinely interested in how you came to possess and express a set of views that seem entirely in contrast to this site’s content.
Do you suggest that everything published on antiwar.com is a lie ?
Many views and comments on this site are lies but many are Russian propaganda and wishful thinking. Perhaps your insight is flawed. Do you espouse a peaceful point-of-view and then dismiss Putin’s aggressio and distruction? Tell me what that is?
By “views” do you mean published articles and essays, or Discus (sic) comments ?
Be cautious labelling anything as “Russian propaganda” (be it essay or comment, Jose Cuervo) unless you can demonstrate it is so.
Recall your President Lincoln said “I believe it is an established maxim in morals that he who makes an assertion without knowing whether it is true or false, is guilty of falsehood; and the accidental truth of the assertion, does not justify or excuse him.”
If it quacks, I’ll call it a duck. You can keep your advice because I’ve already dismissed you as naive. You seem educated but you also seem to lack the critical thinking skills required to insert yourself into these geopolitical discussions.
Let me see if I can assist you in understanding (although I’ll ask for creative license as I am using a more mainstream sci-fi reference than you might be used to).
Ukrainians = Bajorans
Russians = Cardasians
NATO = The Federation
Does that help?
I wouldn’t offer advice to someone who wasn’t able or willing to accept criticism from me, so don’t fret about it.
Didn’t realise there was an admission fee of sorts to join an open discussion – though a lack of evidenciary support, and a nautical ton of wishful thinking, seems all a young agave distillate needs to ‘contribute’ and, apparently, gate-keep.
Your analogy was halfway decent, but would be refined placing NATO as the Gem’Hadar, Ukraine as the useful-idiot Cardassian allies, the USA as the Dominion, and the Russian Federation as (ironically) the Romulan Star Empire.
I would like to address your question from before, if you are still interested ? I am not here to argue with you – rather, to understand what you believe & why you believe it. Can we do that ?
Your analogy is off but I’ll not attempt change your mind.
What I believe is that the world would be a better place if there was universal peace. (I’ll not try to imply that it is possible just that I believe it would be for positive for all humanity.)
I also believe that a sovereign nation has a right to self-defense. (Combat is sometime the only way to end aggression.). I do not but the propaganda that Putin is benevolent. I believe he attempting to recreate the Russian Empire.
You’d debate a ST analogy with ME ? Wait, who’s the sci-fi geek here, Cuervo ? Ha ha.
See, we are not so different. Global peace is our shared goal. Just that, the path to it is a point of contention.
I pose that it is not the “rogue states” like the RF, DPRC, DPRK, IRI, or even stateless actors like the Daeshi’i or Al Qaedenese who threaten ‘world peace’.
Decades of world events, and volumes in antiwar.com and its external sources, lay evidence behind my thesis that NATO, and primarily the USA, were, are, and remain the chief architects of intentional strife and discord (Discord leaks being some of that evidence, amusingly) preventing a more harmonious international order.
I am playing to a long goal : not to see American’s enemies crushed to “usher in” a 1000 Year American Empire; rather, to draw from “Inception”‘s plot – see major actors (Russia, China, BRICS) work to dissolve NATO and significantly, to wither and diminish the USA (peacefully, financially) to the point where America is mo more or less a major player on Earth than Japan, or Cambodia, or Benin. So long as America can & will seek dominion over all, global peace will not happen.
I agree 100% and I’ve done my time at physical protest against US “entanglements”. I know what damage US foreign policy has done. But I also can see what’re US military might has done right by democracy and freedom and we’ve protected sovereign countries. Rarer in our history but real in practice.
Certainly true ! But for every democratic institution or free nation upheld, there have been others utterly destroyed. Whether in the net balance the USA has been a benefit of a harm is a score-sheet for others to tally – and they have.
Advocacy for American noninterventionalism has appeared on this site before (and is woefully misunderstood as ‘isolationism’ by some) and has tremendous merit. I daresay Trump feigned to run on such a platform and perhaps won by it in small part.
I suppose the maxims of “not setting off in search of monsters to destroy” and “friendship and trade with all, entangling alliances with none” speak to the core of my hopes for future American foreign policy. Ideally without a collapse of the State but if necessary then permissible.
The paradox! The Ebola Gay exhibit at Air and Space as an example. The US “saved to world but became monsters who unleashed unspeakable horror on the world.
You catch on quick.
Dude, you waste some much energy coming after us the few supporting Ukraine.
It is insane.
At least you dont pretend to be antiwar anymore.
The f is wrong with you?
I mean, i know you support Putin’s war and its supporters here but holy fuk, if you know my positions, why the fuk do you even bother?
Is it your goal to try to turn me into a Putin lover and hate my country?
You are Wasting your time.
And you keep replying.
And you keep pretending those of you who want Ukraine to be continued to be sacrificed are supporters. You’re not.
And to prove my point about your usage of standard replies you use your standard replies. You’re soooo easy.
You’re dumber than two normal dumb people.
And you are pretending those of you who want Russian soldiers to continue to be sacrificed are supporters.
I might be dumb, super dumb… but im not the one supporting the invasion and annexation of another country.
🤷🏽♂️
And you are pretending those of you who want Russian soldiers to continue to be sacrificed are supporters.
Didn’t pretend or imply or any such thing. But that’s just you deflecting away from what I actually said.
I might be dumb, super dumb… but im not the one supporting the invasion and annexation of another country.
And just to prove my point, you do it again.
“Zelensky Says Counteroffensive Will Continue Despite Weather Change – Gen. Milley said last week that Ukraine only has about 30 days of ‘fighting weather’ left”
The main reason Russia has allowed Zelensky to live is that he is a disaster and a clown!
“Rasputitsa (from Russian: распутица [rɐsˈputʲɪtsə]; literally “season of bad roads” is coming and no heavy armor can function in the deep heavy mud.
Fertile top soil up to 10 meters deep can make attacking a death sentence.
See? This clown and his fellow Ukrainians are not complaining. Not only are they saving and making us money, they’re also winning. Why should we end the war? …What’s that, Milley? …We actually painted ourselves into a corner? Can’t risk war with China either? We either stop it or risk dying in a nuclear war? …This is exactly what I was saying 18 months ago! After I’m convinced Russia and China are stupid and evil, now you change your mind? You’re a dream crusher! (Sarcasm)
What a sad joke. This little narcissistic shitass needs to eat a Lancet, but Putin is smart letting him live and continue to go around complaining and insulting everyone. He is Ukraine’s worst enemy.
With enemies like Zelensky, Ukraine doesn’t need Russia. (Sarcasm)
That is why they the neo-Nazis and the Biden neocons picked him to become president.
They weighed corruption and he came up on top.
Message to all Ukrainian military forces: The counteroffensive will continue until morale improves!
Signed: V. Zelensky, Führer
Wasn’t that recently the message from the Kremlin to their troops?
No rest rotations, you will continue fighting until you die for Putin or the objectives (which ones?) are met.
Once again. I know you are but what am I. Always a profound argument by a profound thinker.
The Kremlin Shield in action.
Don’t talk sh!t about Putin.
I talk shit about Putin myself there numbnuts. My comment had nothing to do with Putin. But like I said, you are dumber than two normal dumb people.
No, the Putin’s message was addressed to Ukrainian troops and it went like this; “I once again appeal to the military personnel of the armed forces of Ukraine: do not allow neo-Nazis and (Ukrainian radical nationalists) to use your children, wives and elders as human shields.”
Hope they got it!
Would be nice, but they like war and profits, they are really hopeless scum bags.
Oh the BS neo nazi pretext.
Even Prigozhin admitted there weee no neo nazis. It was all BS.
But you believe that nonsense because it fits you.
The Ukrainians keep advancing in the North and South. “Mud season” in the South isn’t as bad as in the North so the counteroffensive will continue to roll back the Russians. Add in ATACAMs, Abrams, and eventually F-16s and the romp will be on.
LOL!… They’ll bury you. The Abrams will fare no better than the German Leopards. The ATACAMs will be pushed to beyond range or destroyed, and the F-16 will have no place to land (intentionally that is).
Correction. The Abrams, ATACAMs, and F-16s were all already destroyed by the Kremlin.
Lol 😂
Oh, yeah. I forgot!
Such a great military expert you are! You have no clue (typical of your takes on everything).
You’re in denial, tankie! Keep injecting that Copium right into your veins!
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s your side that’s losing.
Ummm…no…they’re not. YOUR side is losing entire brigades!
You and your Nazi buds keep believing that.. Russian victory relies on it! 🇷🇺
Russia needs to rely on something other than their abilities!
They have.. God is with them.
God’s pro war now. 🤣
Why don’t you go ask him, like soon.
Hahaha. OK. God. I hope they have reserves because God seems to be content watching them lose.
Not half as much as the Devil is watching all the new recruits fall in… Hell has more Ukrainians than Poland! 😈
Wow. You REALLY believe that! How scared your family must be!
They are – ever since Biden came to office.
(That’s not why they’re scared.)
Sure as shit it’s why I am.
You’re a fool if you’re not, fool.
Hey, google which country has more Nazis between Russia and Ukraine.
You won’t like the results.
Drop that line, it makes you tankies read stupid.
Nazi is as Nazi does…
Your side makes the Third Reich look like the third grade.
🤣🤣🤣
You never learn, you just don’t get it.
No. YOU actually won’t admit that is happening.
USA/NATO will support Zelensky until the last Ukrainian is gone, which is another way to say until Ukraine, land and people, are annihilated. Biden never has enough sense to know that the last man standing will not be Ukrainian, it will be Russia’s President Putin and the Russian nation.
And Russia will leave with their tails between their legs and never be heard from again? And how much of Ukraine will be livable by then? Or after if it were to happen?
That is a problem for the Ukes after the Russians leave.
“That is a problem for the Ukes after the Russians leave.”
Also on Sunday, Milley spoke with CNN and said Ukraine’s goal to kick Russia out of all the territory it has captured means the war will go on for a very long time. “I can tell you that it’ll take a considerable length of time to militarily eject all 200,000 or plus Russian troops out of Russian-occupied Ukraine. That’s a very high bar. It’s going to take a long time to do it,” he said.
So, you’re fine with more Ukrainian destruction for a “considerable length of time” as Milley admits? And that’s just to get Russia out. At that point we’ll see how a Russia with their back against the wall will react. But that’s on the Ukes too, amirite?
It is absolutely on the Ukrainians. Does it seem like they will negotiate? No. You really need to view this as an adult who underderstands the world and not as a Disney princess story.
He is in bed with Putin and hates his own country.
Don’t expect much more.
Never been a fan of Putin. One of us has been. You. And I want my own country to spend American tax dollars right here in America. You? Not. Oh, and there are actual quotes that I can prove my point with:
You: “I used to respect Putin and side with him a while ago, that stopped in 2014”
You: And yes, i’m against US invasion of all previous wars.
I dub thee “Dumb and Dumber”.
You’re as big of an idiot as your clone Don. My point was that you and Milley think exactly alike. Use Ukraine until they serve their purpose.
Are you fine with Putin continuing losing men while occupying land that’s not his?
I mean, he is losing hundreds of men daily. Should he not get the fuk out?
My reply was about what Russia might do if they are driven out of Ukraine. Which means more Ukrainian deaths and more of their country being destroyed. You reply once again with one of your standard replies that had nothing to do with what I commented about. In other words, more dumb sh*t from one half of “Dumb and Dumber”
And Ukraine will surely leave with their tail between their legs and never be heard from again?
And how much of Russia will be livable by then? Or after if it were to happen?
I thought Russia was on Ukrainian land and my question was what might Russia do if driven off Ukrainian land or how much Ukrainian land will be destroyed driving Russia off Ukrainian land. And you came up with that. You rest my case.
Oh, I thought Ukrainians were on Russian land. Was it not annexed?
You support the annexation so why would you think that’s Uranian land?
So Ukraine will destroy its own land by driving Russia off?
Fk no Russia should keep the land then.
Your tucker carlson spins are getting better. Im sure They actually work here among the pro russia team.
Ridiculous.
Jesus Christ man, you just can’t stop making a fool of yourself. It’s like you’re replying to what you want me to say instead of what I’m actually saying.
Where are they advancing? I see no advance. So, how are they “rolling back the Russians” when they haven’t even reached the first line of defense? The US is sending 50 ATACAMS. How will that change the course of this conflict? ….And F16s? That plane first flew in 1974. What will a few handfuls of them do in skies dominated by the S400 and Su57s? And the Leopards and Challengers are burning in no-mans-land. I doubt the US will want to feed Abrams into the bonfire while the whole world watches: bad PR.
Love the false Black or White choices, that’s sophistry.
There are several choices he could make right now, both militarily and diplomatically, rather than throwing men’s lives away fighting at a very inopportune time. But most propaganda is that way, it doesn’t really have to make sense.
The problem is that sometimes your team believes you and it works and sometimes it’s a joke and your team knows it. When you are losing 48 to 3 in a football and it’s the forth quarter, it’s not likely anyone will believe the coach if he tells them to fight harder and victory will be theirs.
And one of the craziest bits of logic is claiming that no ceasefire or peace deal should be attempted because Russia will just use it to their advantage. They will build up and go right back to their game of conquest. But supposedly if Russia agrees to leave all the territory that they won’t go back home, lick their wounds and get ready to try again. Does that make sense? If they leave now, they won’t want to take over the whole country, but if they make a peace deal so that the ethnic Russians in these contested areas get their land, then Russia will be so pissed that they will do anything to take over the whole country?
If they get Donbass they won’t stop until they get the whole country, but if they are run out of Ukraine, they will stop with their ambitions? Why?
So if Russia agrees to leave, they can have peace and Russia can be trusted not to start the war up again, but if Ukraine agrees to leave the areas of the country that Russia occupies, then Russia can’t be trusted?
Is Russia hell bent on taking all of Ukraine at any cost or not? If they are, then agreeing to peace on the condition that they leave, will not change any later invasion. If they can be trusted then trading these areas will save their country from complete destruction.
And honestly, if Russia were forced out now, after making these regions a legal part of Russia, then I do believe they would come back when they have built up the ability to take it all. The next war wouldn’t be a “special military operation”. Their sense of honor would likely demand it.
The war mongers refuse to accept your logic, they can’t give up a good deal, war is good business.
Could Zelensky be captured, tortured, sodomized and killed like Ghadaffy in Libya?
What about an arrest warrant for Biden by the ICC?
Vis a vis Ukraine, the only way for there to be an arrest warrant for Biden from the ICC is for the Ukrainians to request one. The US, Russia, and Ukraine are not ICC treaty (Rome Statute) member states. The Ukrainian regime occasionally grants the ICC jurisdiction over its territory for specific allegations it makes, but they’re unlikely to do so where Biden is concerned.
“The Ukrainian regime … [is] unlikely to do so where Biden is concerned.”
Of course not. You don’t bite the master’s hand.
The court has lost respect and trust since the US is misusing it. All that is left is a pile of manure like all the other institutions the US has devalued including the UN.
I agree that the US is “misusing” the court, although that’s an odd way of putting it. The US has declined to join the court’s jurisdiction, denied that it has jurisdiction in places where it clearly has jurisdiction, and threatened to arrest its prosecutors and judges if they happen to be caught on US soild if they investigate allegations of US war crimes.
If you mean that the US is “controlling” the ICC, all the evidence says the ICC doesn’t give a tinker’s damn what the US thinks about anything.
They issued a warrant against President Putin based on US accusations and coercion without any investigation or evidence, no American war criminal has been held accountable by the court, that would include all the previous US administrations including Obama and Trump. Biden is a war criminal, a killer. He has yet to lift a finger to end the Ukrainian conflict, he will use the Ukrainians for cannon fodder to reach his goal of regime change and the break up of the RF. As long as others pay for it.
That is the reason why the USA is not a member. They fear the consequences for American war criminals. The typical US method, laws are for others only.
The ugly Americans are making enemies all over the globe, other heads of state despise Biden, but they are diplomats and don’t act like thugs.
Looks like even Zelensky does not like him and A-hole Scholz must hate him.
“They issued a warrant against President Putin based on US accusations”
They issued a warrant against Putin based on an investigation that was initiated due to referrals from 41 ICC member states, starting with Lithuania. The US is not an ICC member state and filed no complaint with the ICC on the matter.
I suspect that all US presidents going back to the ICC’s inception have been responsible for US crimes in ICC jurisdictions. I’d like to see them all referred to the ICC by the relevant member states, arrested, and brought to trial.
Thom, we are on the same wavelength. Without USA pressure Lithuania would not have done anything and the ICC would not have responded. The same power that moves the UN put pressure on the members of the ICC, it is purely political, both of us know it. The USA controls international institutions, the US with the UK controlled the EU and NATO and the IMF.
When do we call the war criminals to account? The NATO is committing genocide on the Ukrainian people, we all know that is a war crime and does include everyone in the ruling Biden regime, the neocons in congress, and the military thugs including all the 4 star generals and the Nazi scum in Ukraine. There is not one honorable person in that criminal syndicate, MSM included.
Where is Milley getting his numbers from??? Russia has far more than “200,000” troops available; he knows that – is he lying, or just proving to be as big of an idiot as everyone suspected??
He is just spouting any nonsense because he is retiring soon.
Zelensky means it, he is sitting in the UN General Assembly with his collection plate under his seat. Next stop the White house to collect those tax dollars for his winter offensive.
The war criminal Vladimir Putin thanks you for your continued dedicated service to the Kremlin Ministry of Propaganda.
The people on this site are committed to Peace, ANTIWAR. The only way to achieve Global Peace (and prosperity), is for everyone, of every country to make the effort. Taking a swipe at someone here, hardly seems fair Terje.What is it that you hope to achieve with your abrasiveness?…
Putin is living rent free in Terje’s head, no level of human suffering and squandered tax money is too much in the quest for democracy at gunpoint.
So cute that an apologist and cheerleader for Putin’s illegal imperialistic genocidal war of territorial conquest against a peaceful democratic neighbor talks about “human suffering”. Meanwhile, you’re perfectly happy for Putin to do everything “at gunpoint. ”
Your hypocrisy on the subject is truly breathtaking,
No one who claims be “committed to Peace” should be echoing the war criminal Putin’s propaganda talking points to defend his imperialist genocidal aggressive war of territorial conquest against a peaceful democratic neighbor — which sweetasylum has been doing since before the war started.
Some Americans, I know we are few, understand the fact that while Putin is a war criminal his war crimes pale in comparison to the “greatest purveyor of violence in the world today” (to quote Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.). Putin is an amateur running a Mickey Mouse club compared to the totalitarian trash running the USA. Got it sporto, or are you going to continue spewing Banderite scum talking points?
He seems to have an obsession with the person he was “responding” to. All his posts are directed at that individual, far as I’ve seen. He’s just a Neocon tool/troll.
Obsession is putting it nicely, he has been following me around the Disqus for years, it gives him a little break from screaming at traffic in front of the public library.
You just hate it when someone points out the delusional lies and propaganda you spread all over the internet.
Now scurry back to your troll farm and earn your vodka rations this week.
Ukraine has been using light infantry attacks, to get past antitank vehicle minefields, and to avoid more of its recent heavy losses of armored vehicles. Therefore, the rains would not impair what Ukraine has been doing as attacks. It would only impair the use of armored vehicles against those infantry attacks. We can expect more of the same, despite rains.
Good point. However, the point of the Lt infantry attacks is to open a gap through which a fast-moving armored “fist” can puncture through and cause havoc in the back lines. At least that was the idea. And the armored ain’t gonna move once the mud is deep.
So, yes, at great cost Ukraine can continue to creep forward and take a 50-person village or two every couple of months. These would be pyrrhic victories indeed …
This man is pretending that people living in those terrotories would not welcome him as liberator, but as an invader. Is it all right to claim land but want to get rid of undesirable people? That is what Zelenski wants, amd US supports wholeheartedly, He should kerp in mind that there are many more areas that he controls now, and have “wrong” population. He apparently has answers. Bomb them, blame Russia. No wonder he has to keep firing peope. Are all just corrupt? Or Zelnski fears their wsning loyalty. Surrounding himselved with yes-people, going around those he does not trust and giving commands directly to commanders in the field. The only explanation is — he is receiving instructions from Americam advisors. He has no knowledge of military affairs. In this manner, there is no chance of a leak,
Zelenski has no support at home. He is the most hated person in Ukraine. Elections on the terrirltory Ukraine holds shoud give him in thory a win. A wartime president is usually supported at home. Everybody knows it is a fantasy. This may explain his otherwise baffling decision to dismantle Orthoddox chirch and.supplant it with a state version. This church once in place can then be continued by another leader hand picked to suceed im.
Ukrainian populace was very meek and patient in the light of all the campsign promissed being broken — in fact being just the opposite, Meek and obedient people once brought to the brink of breaking, explode. All the secret police and his loyal Banderites would not dave him.
Is the situation in Ukraine the reason why France’s Macron and UK Sunak are no show in UN, where usually in unison they join US to lambast Russia or China, Or both. With Ukraine losing support atvhome — last thing they needed us to be a prop for President Biden’s Ukraine push.
Zelenski is doning a suit. not his warrior attire.
It will not be business as usual, In fact, replacing Zelenski now has big advantages. In wartime cinditions another suitable face can be easily elected.
I hate 60 Minutes, but my friend likes to watch it, so we did. The Scott Pelly (sp) interview was the worst acting I have ever seen. Pelly narrates that Zelensky is tough or positive, I forget which, and Zelensky is beaming with a bright smile. Within two seconds, the camera stays on him ,and he is looking down with the type of grimace one might have while trying to pass hard feces. This guy is an actor? Pelly narrates that he is serious or worried in case you got the impression it was bad gas. It was laughable!
Then they get into the subject of what if the US won’t send more arms and Pelly, in his most unconvincing acting debut, asks, “What will you do?”in his best quivering voice.
Did anyone else watch this display? It was like a parody of itself.
The terrible acting, just like the nonsense reporting, seem to be intentional … it’s almost like: we’ll rub your face in the fact that the sh_tshow will continue and that you can’t stop us.
Right? I mean it was so bad it was like moving satire.
I guess they felt that Riefenstahl or even Spielberg would not be needed for the current American audience … 🙂
Brilliant comment.
I saw the whole thing on 60 Minutes. It took all the restraint I had to keep from vomiting.
Incredibly bad theater.